Unlocking Additional Chapters

Launching consecutively over the next 3 weeks, future chapters will be available for purchase as a bundle containing all chapters for $19.99 USD, and individually for 700 Gold or $6.99 USD. Both The Dalaran Bank and the Violet Hold will be available on launch day!

Earn Up To 16 Packs

Earn 3 Rise of Shadows Packs by playing through each chapter, and a Golden Classic Pack when you conquer them all. Plus, earn two unique card backs for completing all chapters on Normal or Heroic Mode.

1 chapter = 700g = 3 RoS packs + .25 golden classic pack

Meanwhile, 700g = 7 of any standard packs in the shop

Unless you think that golden pack is worth 1600g (400g * 4 paid wings), the only value in this adventure is the playable content itself. Of course, there's nothing wrong with spending money on things just for fun. This is a game, after all and if you think its worth it, I'm not going to judge you. However, even though I'm normally a huge advocate of evaluating fun in terms of money, I don't believe this event is a good trade. It's very easy these days to experience games second-hand from streamers and in this instance, that kind of experience is good enough for me. 1600g is a lot of gold

As for Zayle... well, he's not disenchantable. All 5 decks are either competitive archetypes with some sub optimal cards or almost-competitive decks that are good enough to beat up any memers. This makes him less "fun" than Whizbang yet less competitive than regular decks. The f2p aspect is already out the window since we're spending gold sub optimally to get him

I'm posting this because there's bound to be people who missread/didn't stop to do the quick mafs and get scamazed. I admit, I'm a bit peeved (Instead of buying RoS packs immediately on earning my gold, I decided to save up for this event in hopes to get more bang for my buck and ended up crafting several cards that I could have otherwise opened directly) but I'm obviously not going to complain since Blizzard is basically giving us 3 free packs through the first wing being free <3

How stupid do you have to be to compare packs to content with bonus packs?

I'm literally just calculating the raw value of the content by itself, which in this instance is 1600g. I also stated that I'm neither complaining nor mad about this. I just want to make sure people are informed on how much this content is costing them in relation to packs before they make their purchases. Nothing wrong with that

You are right that based on pack value alone, it is not worth it. But, this is not surprising and has been known all along. The value is in the PvE content itself as you alluded to. You must be willing to pay gold or money for the fun of the content, and the packs somewhat offset the cost of that fun.

I realize there are trade offs, but I honestly miss the unique card rewards from the old adventures. Even if it was only 1 card per wing or something. I am F2P, and it was easy enough to save gold for those adventures.

As F2P, I will pay gold for the RoS PvE since I personally value the fun of it. I do wish it was released earlier since I am waiting to craft until I get those packs, but I understand they are trying to spread out the content releases to keep interest/engagement up over time.

WTF hearthpwn. READ MY OP. I literally say that most of the value in the adventure lies in the content, not packs and that it's completely fine if you decide that it's worth it. Then I literally say that not complaining, rather I'm grateful for the free packs and that this post is for your benefit so that all of you are making informed purchases if you choose to do so

Why am I getting attacked for this?? Do I need to restructure my post so that it's easier to read? Did Ben Brode get the firey war axe nerf right?

WTF hearthpwn. READ MY OP. I literally say that most of the value in the adventure lies in the content, not packs and that it's completely fine if you decide that it's worth it. Then I literally say that not complaining, rather I'm grateful for the free packs and that this post is for your benefit so that all of you are making informed purchases if you choose to do so

Why am I getting attacked for this?? Do I need to restructure my post so that it's easier to read? Did Ben Brode get the firey war axe nerf right?

I guess it is the title of the thread that makes people think you are against the PvE content. I also only read half of your OP and thought you are telling people not to buy the adventure. The clarification in the last paragraph is easy to miss...

WTF hearthpwn. READ MY OP. I literally say that most of the value in the adventure lies in the content, not packs and that it's completely fine if you decide that it's worth it. Then I literally say that not complaining, rather I'm grateful for the free packs and that this post is for your benefit so that all of you are making informed purchases if you choose to do so

Why am I getting attacked for this?? Do I need to restructure my post so that it's easier to read? Did Ben Brode get the firey war axe nerf right?

I guess it is the title of the thread that makes people think you are against the PvE content. I also only read half of your OP and thought you are telling people not to buy the adventure. The clarification in the last paragraph is easy to miss...

I'm not against the PvE content; I only want to ensure people read and evaluate before making decisions, which ironically is exactly what people are not doing in this very thread

Now I have newfound reverence for Ben Brode who in his infinite wisdom foresaw the fact that hearthstone players cannot read the bottom half of a card, much less a post. What a god